Jan 8th features a match where Almería hosts Real Sociedad at Estadio De Los Juegos Mediterráneos in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched La Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Almería is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Cádiz. Melero struck first for Almería in the 40th minute, but Lucas Pérez got the equalizer for Cádiz in the 83rd minute squeezing out at least the one point for Cádiz. Almería is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while real Sociedad is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against UD Logroñés. Robert Navarro Munoz struck first for Real Sociedad in the 33rd minute on a feed from Illarramendi, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed UD Logroñés couldn’t manage to score, and Real Sociedad took the shutout win. Real Sociedad is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Both Jon Karrika and Brais Méndez have been the hottest scorers for Real Sociedad in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Almería hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Léo Baptistão and Largie Ramazani, and they each have 1 goal
Juan Jose Nieto Zarzoso is unavailable to play for Joan Francesc Ferrer Sicilia’s team, while Imanol Alguacil Barrenetxea’s squad will be without Barrenetxea, Aihen Muñoz, Mikel Oyarzabal, Umar Sadiq and Alex Sola.